Automatic adjustable removable and washable mop cover



J. PARMET 2,942,287

BLE AND WASHABLE MOP COVER Filed Jan. 3, 1956 June 28, 1960 AUTOMATICADJUSTABLE REMOVA Joseph Parmet, TheJoseph Parmet Co., Inc.,

l 752 Front St, Catasauqna, Pa.

Filed Jan. 3, 1956, seein 551,030 I 4 Claims. or. 15-247 The presentinvention relates to a mop cover and particularly relates to a removablemop cover.

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and modifications can be resorted to which'fall within the scope of theclaims hereunto appended.

Now referring to the drawings: I, QFig. 1 is a top, perspective view ofthe mop cover mounted upon the mop.

Fig. 2 is a top plan ,view of the mop cover removed It is amongtheobjects of the present invention to provide a removable mop coverwhich will readily adjust itself to various sizes of mops and which mayenable ready attachment of a dust cloth to the mop cover so that the mopmay be employed for removing dirt, dust and grime from walls, ceilings,tables and elevated objects, as well as from the floor.

1 .Another object is to provide an adjustable mop cover which may bewidely employed to enclose the mop and permit the mop to be utilized fordusting and surface cleaning purposes.

present invention to form a mop cover of two sheets of.

fabric material, preferably with a flannel facing, one sheet of whichmay be unimpregnated. or impregnated with oils and/or waxes which willcover the exterior application face of the mop and the other face ofwhich will. consist of a flannel untreated fabric which is slit so thatit may be readily placed over and slid past the handle of the mop. Inthe preferred form of the invention to firmlyengage the mop there isprovided a string arrangement or cord arrangement'which extends throughthe edges on one side of the cover which may be tied around the handleand which will pull together the slit portions of the untreated flannelbacking.

It is desirable to cause the cover to retain its position by theunderface being of a heavier and firmer material while the back coverflannel should be of. a lighter, less stiff, and more flexible material.

In the preferred form of the invention the two fabric sections are cutout rectangularly with rounded ends stitched together preferably by acriss-cross bias stitching with a pocket being formed between the lightflexible uncoated flannel back and the heavy coated flannel base. Thestitching will extend around three sides of the fabric, leaving theother two sides open. Desirably, the heavy flannel will extend beyondthe light flannel and a tie string or cord will then extend through theseparated free edges of the lighter flannel backing and the stiffflannel face.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the

from the mop.

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view upon the line 3-3 of Fig. 2.

Referring to Figures 1 to 3, there is shown a mop A having a handle Band having a cover C. The cover C has the relatively heavy base facemember D which is 'heavily impregnated with oils or waxes or both. Theinactive face E of the cover C is desirably formed of an uncoatedrelatively lightweight flexible flannel material.

The cover may then be firmly tied to the handle and to enclose the mop Aby means of the tie string F.

Referring to Fig. 2, the lightweight flannel face is slit at 10 and iscorrespondingly cross-stitched at its free edge 11. The heavy activelayer D which is relatively stiff overlaps or has an extensionasindicated at 12. At the edges 13 and 14 both layers D and E willconform to one another and they may be stitched together by criss crossstitching which will also extend along the free edges 15 of'th'e overlapor extension portion 12. The edge 16 is desirably left free of stitchingso that it may be more readily collapsed tobind itself around the lowerportion of the handle B. f i

The pocket which is formed at'G will engage practically any size mop butit is necessary that the free edges at 11 of the light flannel side Eand the edge 16 of the heavy flannel layer D be engaged firmly aroundthe lower part of the handle B and hold the mop cover firmly in positionaround the mop.

It is a feature of the present invention that the present constructioncan closely conform to the mass of fibers and strands which form thebase of the mop without great looseness between the mop cover and themop itself. At the same time the relatively stiff active face D of themop cover will be pressed firmly by the interior of the mop against thesurface being dusted or desoiled. This is accomplished byco'ope'rationof the tie string with the slit 1t and the overlap orextension 12.

7 It is to be noted that there is provided a series of openings' 25, 26along and adjacent to the free edge 16 which 7 receive the straight run27 of the tie string F while the tion, but it is to be understood thatchanges, variations free ends 28 will extend through openings. 29 andwill draw the extension 12 to form a compact rufiled edge around thelower part of the handle B of the mop. This ruiile will be reinforced bythe relative stiff edges formed by the stitching 11 and 15 along theside edges of the soft layer B and the active stiff layer of fabric D.

The bow which will be tiedat I will tie the cover 'firrnly in positionaround, the handle B. The cover as shown may be readily attached to amop by a housewife with substantially almost automatic adjustment andthere will not be great looseness between the mop fibers and the coverso that the mop fibers will exert sufficient pressure upon the'activeface D. Moreover, the provision of the tie string through the openings29 will tend to draw in the lighter, more flexible portion E so that theheavy active face D will extend outwardly, as indicated at K in Fig. 1.v

It is thus apparent that the present applicant has provided a novel mopcover which will most conveniently adjust itself to a wide variety ofmop sizes and shapes with assurance that the active surface will bepositioned almost automatically so as to be most effective on exposingthe active face for remote dusting and cleaning purposes.

In view of the fact that the active face is desirably impregnated withoils or waxes the entire cover may be laundred up to twenty timeswithout losing its effectiveneSSL, 1T, Y 2

f The important feature of the, present invention is the provision of aslit in the back E which in conjunction withextension 12 and the stringF permits the mop cover to be drawn tightly around any shape or size orconstruc:

tion of mop. I

The flaps D and E form a primary pocket into which the base of the mopis inserted.

The slit 10 and 12 form a secondary automatically adjustable gatheredenclosure forthe base of the handleB.

The tightening of string F will pull the extension 12 and side of theslit 10 up around the handle B and forwardly of the mop while the sameoperation pulls the front 14 of the enclosure rearwardly upon the mop togive a most snug engagement.

The covered mop is particularly for wiping 01f ceilings and walls.

While there has been herein described a preferred form of the invention,it should be understood that the same may be alteredin details and inrelative arrangement of parts within the scope of the appended claims.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of theinvention, and in What manner the same is to be performed, what isclaimed is:

1. A washable automatically adjustable mop cover formed of two sheets offlannel material, one bottom heavy stiff wax-impregnated flannel sheetbeing relatively stiff and heavy and wax impregnated and another slittedsoft light unimpregnated sheet being relatively soft and light andunimpregnated, said, sheets being rectangular and being stitchedtogether on three sides and being open to receive the mop on the fourthside, said heavy flannel extending beyond said light flannel at its freeedge and being provided with a tie string along its free edge and saidlight flannel being longitudinally split and provided with openings atits corners on each side of said split to receive said tie stringwhereby the mop cover may be ruflled around the mop handle, said slittedsoft light unimpregnated sheet being of lesser area gathering itselfupon the upper face of, the mopwhen the cover is applied and tied to themop and the mop is applied to the floor and said heavy stiflwax-impregnated flannel sheet spreading outwardly and around the edgesof the mop when so applied.

2. An automatically adjustable removable and washable mop cover composedof approximately rectangular sheets of fabric material both with flannelfacing, one being stiff and .heavy and impregnated with oils and waxesto cover the exterior applied face of the mop and the other being ofsoft untreated fabric and being shorter and being centrally slitted tofit around the mop handle split and provided with a tie string to tie itupon a mop, 'said lower sheet extending substantially beyond the uppersheet, said tie string extending through four spaced openings in thefree edge of the lower sheet and through two openings in the free edgeof the upper sheet, and said split in said upper sheet beingtransversely between said two openings.

4. A mop cover comprising an elongated rectangular base section and ashorter rectangular cover section, having curved conforming end edgesand straight side edges stitched together and with the other edges beingunattached and with the unattached edge of the base section extendingsubstantially beyond the unattached end of the cover section and twoholes for a tie cord positioned in side by side relationship in thecenter of the unattached edge of the cover section and four holes forsaid tie cord spaced along the unattached edge of the base section, saidcover section being longitudinally split between said two holes andextending at least half the length of the cover section and a tieextension through the holes in the base section with its ends extendingthrough the holes in the cover section, said cord when tightened drawingup the base'section around the edges of the mop so that the stitchedtogether, edges will be on top of the mop.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS FranceDec. 9, 1953

